The 1st “Mikis Theodorakis” international chess tournament kicked off today in Chania, a city on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete.
The event takes place from April 25 to May 1 and it will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system. 73 players from 11 countries take part in the event fighting for the total prize fund of 2.600 euros.
Starting rank list of players:
1
GM
Petrov Martin
2911086
BUL
2556
2
GM
Mastrovasilis Athanasios
4201990
GRE
2540
3
IM
Alexakis Dimitris
4277023
GRE
2484
4
IM
Bogdanov Egor
14119137
UKR
2426
5
IM
Larkin Vladyslav
14152894
UKR
2424
6
IM
Leenhouts Koen
1008439
NED
2417
7
Naoum Spyridon
4227506
GRE
2301
8
FM
Ergazakis Ioannis
4290976
GRE
2255
9
Georgakopoulos Nikolaos K.
4283430
GRE
2206
10
Alexakis Georgios
4255038
GRE
2195
11
Poysti Nathanael
24622133
GER
2190
12
Marinakis Hristos
4294661
GRE
2129
13
Luyckx Wim
201570
BEL
2119
14
Alexakis Dimitrios
4200527
GRE
2084
15
Tulchynskyi Feliks
34127895
UKR
2068
16
Verikakis Manolis
4211901
GRE
2042
17
Petrakis Stylianos
4252764
GRE
2036
18
Gijsen William
1053361
NED
2022
19
Bozanis Dimitrios
4237390
GRE
2013
20
WFM
Koridze Lile
13612514
GEO
2010
21
Pelantakis Mihail
4294718
GRE
1952
22
Georgoulias Dionisios
4207920
GRE
1876
23
Antonioudakis Georgios
25845390
GRE
1864
24
Amiridou Dimitra
4218230
GRE
1856
25
Deli Eleanna Ratzvika
4206770
GRE
1795
26
Berketis Angelos
4266579
GRE
1776
27
Bebis Epaminondas-Alexandros
4262930
GRE
1733
28
Pagkalos Vasileios
42142458
GRE
1722
29
Soukarie Zorz
25857959
GRE
1678
30
Le Pen Michel
656330
FRA
1672
31
Markaki Sofia
4248848
GRE
1664
32
Apostolou Nikolaos
4257430
GRE
1636
33
Kotsoglou Georgios
4286049
GRE
1621
34
Arvanitakis Panagiotis
4225651
GRE
1521
35
Kavounis Giorgos
4299353
GRE
1510
36
Pineau Gabriel
26054345
FRA
1510
37
Chasouraki Chrysi
25861123
GRE
1501
38
Platsaki Evgenia Valeria
25881442
GRE
1451
39
Stralis Georgios
25886444
GRE
1450
40
Thomakis Nikolaos
4248996
GRE
1442
41
Karavitaki Antonia
25820125
GRE
1434
42
Konstantinides Savvas
5908639
CYP
1403
43
Kaliontzaki Argyro Evanthia
25818350
GRE
1386
44
Mitzas Dimitris
25804502
GRE
1376
45
Advik Srinivasan
33397848
IND
1372
46
Trivella Maria
4263359
GRE
1260
47
Benakis Ioannis
25858360
GRE
1255
48
Fraidakis Emmanouil
25835181
GRE
1232
49
Skaraki Georgia
25861190
GRE
1222
50
Gkogkas Panteleimon
25889044
GRE
1218
51
Rizos Dimitrios
42106036
GRE
1209
52
Tzatzimakis Theodoros
42105994
GRE
1205
53
Psarianou Eleni
25882392
GRE
1188
54
Spyridakis Georgios
25882350
GRE
1183
55
Latos Dimitrios
42105951
GRE
1102
56
Kleovoulou Sofia
25861158
GRE
1095
57
Schetakis Georgios
42106028
GRE
1095
58
Skarakis Stavros
25882368
GRE
1095
59
Nteneketzis Paraskevas
42137985
GRE
1094
60
Kontadakis Daniil
25861476
GRE
1071
61
Tsafaraki Aikaterini
42129699
GRE
1063
62
Daskalakis Stefanos-Solon
25864246
GRE
1057
63
Kleovoulou Sofoklis
GRE
1205
64
Alexakis Aleksandros
25805150
GRE
0
65
Kalligeris Ioannis
42148553
GRE
0
66
Kastrinakis Antonios
42129710
GRE
0
67
Koutsouridakis Emmanouil
GRE
0
68
Luu Dave
USA
0
69
Ouzounstefanis Ioannis
GRE
0
70
Pariotakis Georgios
42129729
GRE
0
71
Psentelis Panagiotis
42141230
GRE
0
72
Sivaropoulos Georgios
25856367
GRE
0
73
Tzanakis Emmanouil
25881949
GRE
0
The 1st international chess tournament “Mikis Theorodakis” is organized by the Chess Academy of Chania in collaboration with the Municipality of Chania in honor of Mikis Theodorakis – a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1000 works and in honor of his place of origin. A number of parallel events will accompany the tournament: music concerts, photo exhibitions from Mikis Theodorakis’s life and activities, traditional dances, and film screenings. The venue of the event is the Grand Arsenal – KAM in the Venetian port of Chania.